[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/1/13

Sat Jun 1 09:41:07 PDT 2013

    "Molly Ivins Was Wrong About the Texas Legislature"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51174>

Posted on June 1, 2013 9:34 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51174> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jason Stanford 
<http://jasonstanford.org/2013/06/molly-ivins-was-wrong-about-the-texas-legislature/>: 
"Molly Ivins rarely missed the mark, but she whiffed when she called 
<http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/molly_ivins_2.htm> the Texas 
legislature 'the finest form of free entertainment ever invented.' Rick 
Perry has called the Texas legislature into special session on 
redistricting. That isn't free, and I have ceased to be entertained."

Who'd have thought we'd see another Texas mid-decade re-redistricting, 
although this time without Tom DeLay asking the FAA to track down the 
fleeing Democratic legislators seeking to deprive the legislature of a 
quorum?

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    To All Those Proclaiming a "Post-Racial America" in the Voting
    Rights and Affirmative Action Cases Pending at SCOTUS
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51171>

Posted on June 1, 2013 9:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51171> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read this 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/05/31/backlash-greets-cheerios-ad-with-interracial-family/>.

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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | 
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    "Va. Businessman Danielczyk Gets 2 Years For Funneling Money to
    Clinton Campaigns" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51168>

Posted on June 1, 2013 9:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51168> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=31815245&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d9c6d6w1&split=0>:

    Virginia businessman William Danielczyk was sentenced May 31 to two
    years and four months in prison for illegally reimbursing $186,000
    in campaign contributions made by straw donors to Hillary Clinton
    (U.S. v. Danielczyk, E.D. Va., Criminal No. 11-85, sentencing 5/31/13).
    The sentence was among the toughest ever for campaign finance
    violations but was less than the five years in prison recommended by
    federal prosecutors (3522 Money & Politics Report, 5/30/13
    <http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?fedfid=31815245&fname=a0d9b5z0r4&vname=mpebulallissues>).
    Prosecutors cited Danielczyk's efforts to cover up his crime in
    submissions to the Federal Election Commission and obstruction of an
    FBI investigation.

Danielczyk's case was also significant because it presented the Supreme 
Court an opportunity to reconsider its holding in /FEC v. Beaumont/, 
which says it is constitutional to ban direct corporate contributions to 
candidates.

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    "Donors to GOP Group Drew IRS Scrutiny"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51165>

Posted on June 1, 2013 9:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51165> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ 
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324682204578517563566848922.html>:

    At the same time the Internal Revenue Service was targeting
    tea-party groups, the tax agency took the unusual step of trying to
    impose gift taxes on donors to a prominent conservative advocacy
    group formed in 2007 to build support for President George W. Bush
    <http://topics.wsj.com/person/B/George-W-Bush/5369>'s Iraq troop surge.

    The probe of the group, Freedom's Watch, began in the unit led by
    Lois Lerner, the IRS official already under scrutiny for her role in
    the more recent targeting of conservative groups.

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and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off

    "Elections bill would make it harder to recall municipal and school
    officials" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51162>

Posted on May 31, 2013 4:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51162> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News from Wisconsin 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/elections-bill-would-make-it-harder-to-recall-municipal-and-school-officials-b9923430z1.html>.

More 
<http://recallelections.blogspot.com/2013/05/wisconsin-bill-proposed-to-limit.html> 
from the Recall Elections Blog.

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    "U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia's staff chief implicated in ballot scheme"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51159>

Posted on May 31, 2013 4:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51159> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important /Miami Herald /report 
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/31/3426745_miami-congressman-joe-garcias.html>:

    Congressman Joe Garcia's chief of staff abruptly resigned Friday
    after being implicated in a sophisticated scheme to manipulate last
    year's primary elections by submitting hundreds of fraudulent
    absentee-ballot requests.

    Friday afternoon, Garcia said he had asked Jeffrey Garcia, no
    relation, for his resignation after the chief of staff --- also the
    congressman's top political strategist --- took responsibility for
    the plot. Joe Garcia took the action hours after law enforcement
    investigators raided the homes of another of his employees and a
    former campaign aide in connection with an ongoing investigation.

I think it is time for Florida to reconsider the use of no-excuse 
absentee ballots.

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    D.C. Circuit Court Remands Federal Contractor Contribution Ban for
    Hearing Before En Banc DC Circuit <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51156>

Posted on May 31, 2013 11:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51156> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Via How Appealing <http://howappealing.law.com/053113.html#051292>comes 
this ruling 
<http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/60F4D2573D1E2BD085257B7C004F2E7A/$file/12-5365-1438703.pdf>.

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    "Did I get the money-and-politics debate all wrong?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51153>

Posted on May 31, 2013 7:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51153> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ezra Klein writes 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/28/did-i-get-the-money-and-politics-debate-all-wrong/>.

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